1940–1944 lived in Vilnius
1945–1953 lived in Kaunas and Vepriai, Ukmergė district
1954 moved to Vilnius, worked in Vilnius and Mardasavas, Varėena district
1957–1965 studied in LSSR State Art Institute
1967 became a member of the Lithuanian Artists’ Union
1976 became a member of the Lithuanian Writers’ Union
1989 j oined the group of artists Group 24
Works have been acquired by the Lithuanian Art Museum, Vilnius; the
M. K. Čiurlionis Art Museum, Kaunas; the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow; the Pushkin Museum, Moscow; Hamburg Catholic Academy, Germany; Sarmede Municipality, Italy, as well as private collectors in Israel, the USA, Italy, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Germany, Japan, Canada, Brazil and Lithuania.
Selected one-man exhibitions
1965 “Still lifes”, Town Institute of Construction and Projection, Vilnius
1967 “Amulets”, Club of Writer’s Union, Vilnius
1978 The 40th Anniversary Exhibition of painting, Art Exhibition Palace, Vilnius
1987 Memorial Painting, Artists’ Palace, Vilnius
1988 The 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Art Exhibition Palace, Vilnius
1990 Painting, Druskininkai
1994 “Grasses”, painting, Art Gallery Kauno Langas, Kaunas
1995 Painting, “Vartai” Gallery, Vilnius
1996 “Cardiogram”, drawings, watercolours, compositions created
in 1960–1996, “Vartai” Gallery, Vilnius
“Word book of symbols”, compositions, “Vartai” Gallery, Vilnius
1998 The 60th Anniversary Exhibition of painting, “Vartai” Gallery, Vilnius
2003 Exhibition of sacral painting, Stasys Juškus Gallery, Vilnius
Selected group exhibitions
1969 The 1st Vilnius Painting Biennial, Art Exhibition Palace, Vilnius
1988 Exhibition of Lithuanian Painting, Hungary
1990–1998 annual International Exhibition of Ilustrations, Sarmede, Italy
1992 International Exhibition of Illustrations, Centre Georges
Pompidou, Paris, France
1993 Exhibition of Three Lithuanian Artists, Hamburg, Germany
1994 International Exhibition of Iliustrations, Palacio Janduri, Sevilia, Spain
1995 International Exhibition of Illustrations, Palacio Foz, Lisbon, Portugal
1997 The Silent Modernism in Lithuania 1962–1982, Contemporary
Art Center of Vilnius
1998 The 7th Anniversary of “Vartai” Gallery, Vilnius
Group 24 exhibitions
1990 Art Exhibition Palace, Vilnius
1991 Art Exhibition Palace, Vilnius
1992 Šiauliai Art Gallery
Panevėžys Art Gallery
Kėdainiai Town Hall Art Gallery
Klaipėda Exhibition Palace
“Arka” Gallery, Vilnius (2 exhibitions)
Contemporary Art Cetre of Vilnius
1993 “Arka” Gallery, Vilnius
“Lietuvos aidas” Gallery, Vilnius
1994 SPADEM Gallery, Paris, France
Municipal Library, Tour, France
Galerie Plaisiren, Stockholm, Sweden
“Lietuvos aidas” Gallery, Vilnius
Contemporary Art Museum Arsenals, Riga, Latvia
Books and their illustrations
Poetry:
1961 My Horses Have Broken Loose, “Vaga”, Vilnius
1976 Gates Under the Wormwood, “Vaga”, Vilnius
1980 The House of Hospitality, “Vaga”, Vilnius
1982 Shore, “Vaga”, Vilnius
1985 Clown, “Vaga”, Vilnius
1988 Portrait, “Vaga”, Vilnius
1996 Bethlehem, Lithuanian Writers’ Union Press, Vilnius
1998 Paper Box, Lithuanian Writers’ Union Press, Vilnius
2004 In fine, Lithuanian Writers’ Union Press, Vilnius
2008 Shining Bodies, poem, “Alma littera“, Vilnius
Prose:
1990 Necklace of Wolf’s Teeth, Book one, novel, “Vaga”, Vilnius
1994 Necklace of Wolf’s Teeth, Book two, novel, “Vaga”, Vilnius
1997 Necklace of Wolf’s Teeth, Book three, novel, “Vaga”, Vilnius
2001 Shadows, novel, Lithuanian Writers’ Union Press, Vilnius
2001 Letters from Viešvilė, novel, “Vaga“, Vilnius
2002 Briefe aus Viešvilė, novel, “Athena“, Oberhausen
2003 Listy z Wieszwili, novel, “Ex libris“, Warsaw
2003 Feathers. Kazbek., novels, “Tyto alba“, Vilnius
2006 Brieven fran Viešvilė, novel, “Ariel skrifter 33“, Stockholm
2006 Teology of Dreams, novel, Lithuanian Writers’ Union Press, Vilnius
2007 Flys. Loft., novels, “Vaga“, Vilnius
2008 Things, novel, Lithuanian Writers’ Union Press, Vilnius
Literature for children
1969 Two Sparrows, poems, “Vaga”, Vilnius
1970 Wax Mansion, poems, riddles, “Vaga”, Vilnius
1972 Woodland Chants for Nine Voices, poems, “Vaga”, Vilnius
1973 Stories about the Work of Bees, poem, “Vaga”, Vilnius
1974 White-Sailed Mills, poems, “Vaga”, Vilnius
1977 Black Soil – White Cake, poems, “Vaga”, Vilnius
1980 Perkūnas, Blacksmith of the Heavens, poems, “Vaga”, Vilnius
1981 Silver Fishes Play, poems, “Vaga”, Vilnius
1983 Where do Winds Sleep, selected poems, “Vaga”, Vilnius
1986 The Milky Way , poems, “Vyturys”, Vilnius
1988 The Iron Frog, fairy tales, “Vyturys”, Vilnius
1989 The Straw’s Golden Light, fairy tales, “Vyturys”, Vilnius
1996 Why does the Cat Need Whiskers?, prose, “Tyto alba”, Vilnius
2002 The Last Witch of Čepkeliai, “Mažasis vyturys“, Vilnius
2004 Dickens pipe, “Žara“, Vilnius
2008 Parliament of Sparrows, “Petro ofsetas“, Vilnius
Score:
1977 Teisutis Makačinas. Three Fairy Tales. For Voice and piano.
Lyrics by Leonardas Gutauskas, Vilnius
1978 Osvaldas Balakauskas. Chant Resonating in Pillars.
Ode to Laurynas Stuoka-Gucevičius. For Chorus and soprano. Lyrics by Leonardas Gutauskas, Vilnius
1981 Antanas Rekašius. Woodland Chants. Two-voiced songs for children.
Lyrics by Leonardas Gutauskas, Vilnius
1982 Osvaldas Balakauskas. By the Blue Flower. Cycle for Chorus.
Lyrics by Leonardas Gutauskas, Vilnius
1995 Nijolė Sinkevičiūtė. The colorfull cycle.
Lyrics by Leonardas Gutauskas, Vilnius
Awards:
1981 Awarded the State Prize
1990 Necklace of Wolf’s Teeth, book one, novel (won the Lithuanian Whriters’ Union Prize for the best book of the year 1990–1991), “Vaga”, Vilnius
1995 Awarded the Stasys Šimkus 1st Prize
1998 Goverment Art Award
2001 Lithuanian National Culture and Art Award
2002 Award for the best Children Book of the Year
2007 Žemaitė’s Award
2008 Aistis’ Award